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TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A black ground thangka of Shri Devi Dorje Rabtenma
Tibet, 18th century
The female protector deity seated on a horse at center, holding a sword aloft in her right hand and a skull cup in her left, clad in an animal skin and adorned with various jewelry, the face ferocious with bared fangs, snout nose, and third eye surmounted by a skull tiara with peacock feather, surrounded by a multitude of demons, with another female deity below and three Buddhist dignitaries above, all amidst a sea of flames
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
29 x 19½ in. (73.7 x 49.5 cm.)
Tibet, 18th century
The female protector deity seated on a horse at center, holding a sword aloft in her right hand and a skull cup in her left, clad in an animal skin and adorned with various jewelry, the face ferocious with bared fangs, snout nose, and third eye surmounted by a skull tiara with peacock feather, surrounded by a multitude of demons, with another female deity below and three Buddhist dignitaries above, all amidst a sea of flames
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
29 x 19½ in. (73.7 x 49.5 cm.)
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